Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPA) at LBNL
The INPA Seminar weekly talks are on Fridays, starting at 12:00 pm, unless informed otherwise. The seminar talk starts with a brief presentation of the weekly scientific news. Typically, the talks conclude by 1:00 pm. The seminars are held in the Sessler Conference Room, located in Bldg. 50A- 5132.
The committee members are:
The seminar schedule for the Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPA) is tentative and becomes final a few days before the Friday talk.
Please send all suggestions for future INPA talks and speakers to the INPA Committee.
To be added to the INPA News Mailing List, please contact Erica Hall.
SPEAKER: Yuuki Omori – University of Chicago
50A-5132 / https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 One Cyclotron Road, 50A-5132, Berkeley, CA, United StatesDate: Friday, September 16, 2022 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Speaker: Yuuki Omori (University of Chicago) Title: “Constraining cosmology and astrophysics using the combination of CMB x LSS, and […]
Jeff Cooke (Swinburne University) “The Keck Wide-Field Imager and the future direction of the Keck Observatory”
50A-5132 / https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 One Cyclotron Road, 50A-5132, Berkeley, CA, United StatesABSTRACT: The Keck Wide-Field Imager (KWFI) is a 1 degree diameter field of view wide-field optical imager for Keck that will be the most powerful wide-field imager in the world […]
Henry Klest (Stony Brook University) Physics and Detectors at Nuclear Colliders: Prospective interdisciplinary measurements and technologies at U.S based facilities in the coming decades
50A-5132 / https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 One Cyclotron Road, 50A-5132, Berkeley, CA, United StatesAbstract: High energy nuclear physics in the U.S. is undergoing a revitalization 22 years after the turn on of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Lab. Two […]
Speaker: Dan Werthimer (UC Berkeley (SETI) “What’s New in SETI and High Performance Signal Processing, and The PANOSETI IR/Visible Ultra-Wide Field Nanosecond Time Scale Transient Search”
50A-5132 / https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 One Cyclotron Road, 50A-5132, Berkeley, CA, United StatesAbstract: Dan will review current and SETI radio and optical searches, and also review CASPER open source technologies for real time signal processing instrumentation. The CASPER collaboration develops open source […]
SPEAKER – Peter Craig (LBNL) – TITLE: “Effects of Microlensing on Time Delay Measurements from Strongly Lensed Supernovae”
50A-5132 / https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 One Cyclotron Road, 50A-5132, Berkeley, CA, United StatesABSTRACT: Strongly lensed supernovae are highly valuable cosmological probes, sensitive to both the Hubble constant and the distribution of dark matter. Measuring time delays in strong lensing systems allows for […]
SPEAKER – Nick Kokron (Stanford University) – TITLE: Pen-and-Paper Meets Supercomputing: Building Accurate Models for Cosmological Surveys
LOCATION: IN-PERSON - Sessler Conference Room Building 50A-5132 TITLE: Pen-and-Paper Meets Supercomputing: Building Accurate Models for Cosmological Surveys ABSTRACT: Stage-IV cosmological surveys are poised to revolutionize our understanding of the […]
SPEAKER: Daniel Kodroff (Penn State University) – TITLE: Background Modeling and First Results From The LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Experiment
50A-5132- Sessler 50A-5132 Sessler Conference Room, CAThis is a VIRTUAL Event TITLE: Background Modeling and First Results From The LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Experiment ABSTRACT: LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a dark matter experiment located at the Sanford Underground […]
SPEAKER: Arun Persaud (LBNL-ATAP) – TITLE: Applications of Associate Particle Imaging at Berkeley Lab from Carbon in Soil to Nuclear Data
This is an In-Person Event LOCATION: Sessler Conference Room - 50A - 5132 DATE: February 3, 2023 TIME: 12:00 PM TITLE: Applications of Associate Particle Imaging at Berkeley Lab from […]
SPEAKER: Alexander Leder (UCB) – TITLE: Current status of the cavity and resonance based experiments
This is an In-Person Event LOCATION: Sessler Conference Room – 50A – 5132 DATE: February 10, 2023 TIME: 12:00 PM TITLE: Current status of the cavity and resonance based experiments ABSTRACT: […]
SPEAKER: R.G. Hamish Robertson (Univ of Washington)- TITLE: The direct road to neutrino mass
This is an In-Person Event LOCATION: Sessler Conference Room – 50A – 5132 DATE: February 17, 2023 TIME: 12:00 PM TITLE: The direct road to neutrino mass ABSTRACT: The discovery of […]
Speaker: Daniel Carney (LBL)-TITLE: Proposal for a Levitated Invisible Particle Sensor
This is an In-Person Event LOCATION: Sessler Conference Room – 50A – 5132 DATE: March 3, 2023 TIME: 12:00 PM TITLE: Proposal for a Levitated Invisible Particle Sensor ABSTRACT: Recently Dave […]
[EVENT CANCELED]:SPEAKER: Jonathan Echevers (UCB)-TITLE: The EXO program: Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Searches in Xe-136
EVENT CANCELED This is an In-Person Event LOCATION: Sessler Conference Room – 50A – 5132 DATE: March 17, 2023 TIME: 12:00 PM TITLE: The EXO program: Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Searches […]
[NO INPA SPEAKER] -SPEAKER: TBA
- FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2023 This is an In-Person Event LOCATION: Sessler Conference Room – 50A – 5132 DATE: March 24, 2023 TIME: 12:00 PM TITLE: TBA ABSTRACT: TBA ZOOM INFORMATION – […]
SPEAKER: Agnes Ferte (KIPAC, SLAC)-TITLE: Preparing for discovery of new physics with the Rubin Observatory
This is an In-Person Event LOCATION: Sessler Conference Room – 50A – 5132 DATE: March 31, 2023 TIME: 12:00 PM TITLE: Preparing for discovery of new physics with the Rubin Observatory […]
SPEAKER: Noah Sailer (UC Berkeley)- Title: Accurate cosmology from CMB lensing and galaxy surveys
This is an In-Person Event Date: April 7, 2023 Time: 12:00- 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Noah Sailer (UC Berkeley) Title: Accurate cosmology from CMB lensing and […]
Speaker: Gabriela Rodrigues Araujo (University of Zurich)- Title: Light-sheet microscopy of color centers: A new venue for neutrino and dark matter detection with passive crystals
SPECIAL INPA SEMINAR This is an In-Person Event LOCATION: Sessler Conference Room – 50A – 5132 DATE: April 10, 2023 TIME: 4:00 pm TITLE: Light-sheet microscopy of color centers: A new […]
SPEAKER: Lisa Schlueter (TU Munich)-TITLE: Neutrino-Mass Analysis with sub-eV Sensitivity and Search for Light Sterile Neutrinos with the KATRIN Experiment
SPECIAL INPA SEMINAR This is an In-Person Event LOCATION: Sessler Conference Room – 50A – 5132 DATE: April 11, 2023 TIME: 12:00 pm TITLE: Neutrino-Mass Analysis with sub-eV Sensitivity and Search […]
INPA guests from campus can now come to the lab early on Fridays. The INPA Common Room (50-5026) is reserved for our guests from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Note that the seminars are now held in 50A-5132 to accommodate a more significant number of attendees.
CPTea Series (also known as INPA Tea Series)
The Physics Division CPTea Series invites you to an In-Person Tea Series 1st Friday of every month at 3:30 pm INPA Conference Room 50-5026.
Everyone is welcome to attend the open forum. Tea and light refreshments will be served.
INPA Common Room (50-5026)
Fridays
3:30 pm
Access to the Lab
For a shuttle pass, please email Erica Hall. The pass is only valid for the day of the seminar.